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The instructors emerging from the combined experience of both curriculum and course structures are demonstrating an excellent standard which has been personally acknowledged by GM Diony Cañete and his master instructors at the Cebu City Doce Pares Headquarters during our training trips there in recent times.

Training trips and gradings from 2000 to 2010 have seen the Doce Pares International Black Belt rankings awarded to the following:

Master Instructor Peter Shannon - 6th Grade Black Belt
Guro Roberta Shannon - 5th Grade Black Belt
Guro Marc Toussaint - 4th Grade Black Belt
Guro Vela Georgiev - 3rd Grade Black Belt
Guro Steve Scott - 2nd Grade Black Belt
Guro Arlene Peace - 2nd Grade Black Belt
Guro Trent Day - 2nd Grade Black Belt
Guro Darren Hawke - 2nd Grade Black Belt
Guro Tommy Spiller - 1st Grade Black Belt
Guro Andrew Steen - 1st Grade Black Belt
Guro Stefan Bruni - 1st Grade Black Belt
Guro Glen Eden - 1st Grade Black Belt
Guro Martin Caman - 1st Grade Black Belt
Guro Clare Stainsby - 1st Grade Black Belt

Doce Pares Master & Guro Instructor Teaching Certificates have also been awarded for the above instructors.

Over the years, Australia has been represented at the Doce Pares Anniversary Celebrations by Peter Shannon, Marc Toussaint and Vela Georgiev. Peter Shannon's attendance at the 71st Anniversary celebrations also saw him complete formal training assessments for Doce Pares 6th Grade Black Belt ranking in January, 2004.

Doce Pares Australia also participates in a Sponsorship Program headed by GM Diony Cañete for young adults in Cebu City. This program helps to provide schooling and Filipino martial arts training for selected individuals and close ongoing relationships with the sponsorship group, the individual young adults and their families.

This program has now been running for a number of years and on the most recent training trip, December 2008, it was also wonderful to interact with the scholarship group and see their growth as both martial artists and young adults. The scholarship program has certainly had a positive impact, and Doce Pares Australia is proud to contribute towards it.

We will all be looking forward to the establishment of such close ties with the local Filipino community via our support and sponsorship as an ongoing long-term commitment from Doce Pares Australia to the Doce Pares International family in Cebu.

Regie Casals, the youngest competitor of the Filipino Team at the 8th World Championship, Cebu 2004 Childrens class, Cebu 2005

THE FREEMAN
Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Sonia Mae V. Povadora

Australians to join Road to the World

Doce Pares 6th grade back belt Peter Shannon and three other Australians arrived here in Cebu recently to join in the Road to the World 2006 Qualifying Rounds for the 2nd Doce Pares World Championships and 9th World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF) Championships, which will be held at the Ayala Center Cebu Activity Center on July 17.

In the Road to the World 2006, bangkaw/long stick sparring event will make a debut.

Doce Pares Grandmaster and lawyer Dionisio Cañete said that this will be a historical time for the Filipino since the Filipino Martial Arts is setting a development in the sports scene.

“You could not find in any martial arts or sport a full contact sparring with a long stick/bangkaw, which is 54 inches long more than twice the length of the regular arnis stick,” said GM Cañete, who recently had a series of seminar-tour in the US, Canada and Europe.

Shannon, Doce Pares Australia Assistant Chief Instructor of 20 martial arts club was joined by Marc Toussaint. Frank Garraway and Vela Georgiev.

The Australian quartet are here in Cebu to upgrade their knowledge of the world renowned Filipino Martial Arts-Eskrima Kali Arnis.

Shannon, who joined Doce Pares in 2000, is the backbone of Eskrima Kali Arnis development in Melbourne and around Australia.

Shannon and company will stay for two weeks and train under Doce Pares World Headquarters instructors Remegio Berandoy and Rodolfo Angeles.

Aside from the Aussies, Norwegians are also set to arrive for the Road to the World 2006.

CEBU DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, 13 July 2005
Marian Baring

Top Australian eskrimadors here

DOCE Pares Australia's 6th grade black belt Peter Shannon and this three compatriots are here in Cebu to join the Road to the World 2006 Qualifying Rounds for the 2nd Doce Pares World Championships and the 9th World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation Championships.

The event will be held at the Ayala Center Cebu Activity Center on July 17 from 12 noon to 6pm.

In the Road to the World 2006, the Bangkaw/Long Stick Sparring will make a debut which Doce Pares Grandmaster and lawyer Dionisio Cañete said is historical being the first martial arts to use the bangkaw which is 54 inches long more than twice the length of regular arnis stick.

Shannon, the Doce Pares - Australia Assistant Chief Instructor of 20 martial arts clubs, was joined by Marc Toussaint, Frank Garraway and Vela Georgiev.

They will stay here for two weeks and train under Doce Pares World Headquarters instructors Remegio Berandoy and Rodolfo Angeles.

Aside from the Aussies, Norwegians are also set to train here for the Road to the World 2006.

The 2nd Doce Pares World Championships will be held on April 6-11 in Cornwall, United Kingdom while the 9th WEKAF World Championships will be held in Orlando Florida on July 1-6 2006.

For all enquiries, contact:

Peter Shannon
Chief Instructor
Doce Pares International Australia

Doce Pares Martial Arts Academy
1st Floor, 734 Plenty Rd
Reservoir, Victoria 3073, Australia

Phone: (03) 9478 4886
Email: HQ@doceparesaust.com